A History of Australia: New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land, 1822-1838The late Manning Clark aims to bring to attention the foibles and strengths in every person, traits forced to the fore in the hardship and trauma that occured during the establishment and develpment of white settlement in Australia. Clark sets out to use the tragedies and successes of national heroes such as explorerers and generals, and those of the average person such as soldiers at Gallipoli and farmer's wives, to create a memorable tableau. |
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Page 56
... once again to his God for that comfort and consolation of which the world seemed so bent to deprive him . Gross falsehood , he told himself , could do him no harm : he would never covet the good opinion of the ungodly . He proposed to ...
... once again to his God for that comfort and consolation of which the world seemed so bent to deprive him . Gross falsehood , he told himself , could do him no harm : he would never covet the good opinion of the ungodly . He proposed to ...
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... once again appear in the character of a news- paper , as he put it , ' Open to all , influenced by none ' , and added that freedom of the press had once more been restored to the colonists of Tasmania . On 2 January his first issue ...
... once again appear in the character of a news- paper , as he put it , ' Open to all , influenced by none ' , and added that freedom of the press had once more been restored to the colonists of Tasmania . On 2 January his first issue ...
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... once again the deep division in the colony came out in the public comments . With a malicious glee the Sydney Herald told their readers that their reporter had lately seen posted on some of the trees on the Forbes estate on the Hunter ...
... once again the deep division in the colony came out in the public comments . With a malicious glee the Sydney Herald told their readers that their reporter had lately seen posted on some of the trees on the Forbes estate on the Hunter ...
Contents
THE SETTING IN NEW SOUTH WALES | 17 |
THE RETURN OF THE NATIVE SON | 41 |
THE NATIVE SON OFFENDS GROSSLY | 61 |
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